CVE-2016-9182

HIGH

Exponent CMS 2.4 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Exponent CMS 2.4 uses PHP reflection to call a method of a controller class, and then uses the method name to check user permission. But, the method name in PHP reflection is case insensitive, and Exponent CMS permits undefined actions to execute by default, so an attacker can use a capitalized method name to bypass the permission check, e.g., controller=expHTMLEditor&action=preview&editor=ckeditor and controller=expHTMLEditor&action=Preview&editor=ckeditor. An anonymous user will be rejected for the former but can access the latter.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94227

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 37.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (1)
exponentcms/exponent_cms 2.4.0
Published Nov 04, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026